Kramer Knives
Imagine being able to have your career be the same as your life's passion. Bob Kramer, the master bladesmith of Kramer Knives does just that everyday as he continually works to hand create the best knife possible. In fact, Kramer believes so much in his work that if you don't like the knife you purchase, he'll buy it back from you. (Now, that's a quality guarantee we can appreciate.) When you cut with Kramer Knives, you'll have more than just a steel blade to slice through your food, you practically have a piece of art. He uses Cocobolo wood for the handles of his knives because he loves how it feels in your hand and how it ages. The secret to his knives though is the steel and extensive heat treatment each piece gets during its creation. Every piece is specially treated one at a time in a seven step process that takes more than six hours to complete. Even though these "Best Ofs" are hand crafted, Kramer Knives still has a wide selection so you can get your kitchen's essentials.
After thorough independent research, we selected the Kramer Knives as a 3LUXE "Best Of", to see our other two Cutlery selections visit our Cutlery Overview.
| MSRP $300-500 |
Kramer Knives
6245 #A Rich Rd. SE
Olympia, WA 98501
www.kramerknives.com 6245 #A Rich Rd. SE
Olympia, WA 98501
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FEATURES
- Handmade Custom kitchen knives by Master Bladesmith Bob Kramer. 10 years of professional cooking experience, and 15 years of building custom kitchen knives, combined make the finest culinary knives on the planet.
- The default wood is Cocobolo, this a Rosewood which comes from the equatorial zones. This wood is rich in oils and is hard with an interwoven grain all good reasons to be used on a kitchen knife. I can use plastic for the handles which of course is very stable but I love the feel of wood and the way it ages.
- Set includes
- 3.5 Paring knife $300.00
- 5" utility knife $375.00
- 6" Boning knife $375.00
- 8" Chefs Knife $475.00
- 10" Bread knife $500.00
- The secret is in the steel and the extensive heat treatment each piece has to go through. Every piece is heat treated by me one at a time in a seven step process which takes over six hours to complete.
Posted by chipvjDecember 06, 2008 15:19
Gotta try one
Posted by mama5November 22, 2009 08:46
Just seen a story about Mr. Kramer and his knives, Would love to get the entire set. They are beautiful!
Posted by hotwire47November 22, 2009 09:27
way cool knives, just saw them on the cbs sunday morning show
Posted by randallNovember 22, 2009 10:09
there is a two year waiting list for these knives. They are primarily used by career chefs, and the like. It has been told that Mr. kramer himself contacts his customers before starting to work on their knives, to discuss weight and feel of the knives. They are full tang and 200+ layered damascus steel. Truely works of art by a most talented and disciplined professional.
Posted by *queeniesquisine*November 22, 2009 10:12
When you clink on the link www.kramerknives.com provided in your review of Kramer Knives, you are directed to a page that reads as follows: "The webpage "www.kramerknives.com" cannot be found"
Can you purchase directly from Bob Kramer?
Thank you,
Marion T. Cochrane
Can you purchase directly from Bob Kramer?
Thank you,
Marion T. Cochrane
Posted by wannadancNovember 22, 2009 11:24
I think the server is overloaded with the Sunday Morning feature...........
Try again later.
Try again later.
Posted by kinsman53November 22, 2009 11:36
I am afraid that there is a huge difference between the knives shown on the TV today (11/22/09) and the Shun produced ones. Can Shun knives cut steel and one inch rope with a songle swipe like shown on TVby Kramer?
Posted by connieNovember 22, 2009 12:04
I think kramerknives.com is completely overwhelmed by too many hits. If there was a 2 year waiting list before Sunday Morning there's probably more orders than Kramer can fill in his lifetime, now! Anybody know of another truly great knife?
Posted by Steve McNultyNovember 22, 2009 17:13
Is there a close alternative the Kramer knives ?? What are your suggestions !!!
Posted by jtmiller23November 23, 2009 08:16
Nothing even remotely similiar to Kramer unless you travel to Japan...
